Undercover

Chapter 20

"BANG!", I heard a gunshot come from where Kaleb was, and without thinking I ran towards the building, without listening to what my sister was yelling at me, I was tuning her out. Agents were now filtering into the building, and there was a lot of commotion, they through a gas grenade, which now filled the entirety of the old factory, I made my way through the building looking for any sign of Kaleb, agents knocked into me, as many of them passed around to assess the situation and arrest the men that were responsible for kidnapping Kaleb, and whatever else they did. Everything to me was now moving in slow motion, the smoke was everywhere, only my hands were there to help me maneuver around the site properly, because I could hardly see. My sister was still calling out to me but I didn't respond, that wasn't important right now. I was feeling lost and disoriented in this situation, the gas was blurring my vision and they were tearing, but those tears were accompanied by the fear of what happened to Kaleb.

While searching, the gas was now clearing away, until I nearly tripped and fell because of something that was on the floor, I looked down, and the sight brought the tears even more. "Kaleb, Kaleb are you alright?", I frantically said while I held him up in my arm, he winced at the action and I started to apologize to him, but he just laughed, it was weak, but he still laughed. "Why are you laughing you idiot, do you think this is funny?", I asked upset and confused, "no, but seeing you all worked up is totally turning me on", he said smiling at me, and now I could properly well see the blood in between his teeth which made my face harden with fright, and Kaleb noticed it too. "Don't look at me like that my love", he tried to caress my face, but he didn't even have the strength to make his hand to my face, so I held his hand instead.

Blood started to ooze from the wound he had in his chest and I quickly pressed it down with my two hands on his chest. "Help!, help!, someone over here!", I shouted at the top of my lungs but no one was coming, I felt a hand tug on my shirt "Jess, I don't think that calling anyone is necessary, I was shot in my chest, and there is too much blood, you just might have to accept the fact that I might die here", Kaleb said weakly, "don't talk like that you aren't going to die here, I won't let you", I practically bawled tears non-stop coming from my eyes. "Jess, I want you to know something though, well it's something you already know, but I just like telling you. I love you, I've loved you all this time, and I did all this to protect you, so you don't have to worry, and I hope you forgive me for breaking your heart", Kaleb said later coughing up blood, and I knew now, that I had loved Kaleb too.

"Kaleb, you idiot, I lo...", I couldn't even finish my sentence because his eyes were closing and his hands fell to his sides, "no, no!", I repeated again, "Kaleb Marquise Anderson, I don't allow you to die on me, you can't die on me", my body took over form here, I didn't even know what I was doing, until it was happening, I laid him down, and started CPR, he wasn't responding, so I started to pound on his chest, he still wasn't responding. I tried to shake him with everything I had, but nothing. I was crying so much that I passed out from the exhaustion and shock.

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My eyes were slowly opening, and the first thing that greeted me was this bright light, and all the memories of Kaleb, which was when I shot up. "Where's Kaleb?", I asked, but no one was there, right there and then a nurse walked in, she saw me and ran out calling a doctor, maybe he could tell me Kaleb's condition. "Ms. Cross, you're awake", the doctor came in saying those words cheerfully, "what about Kaleb doctor?, is he alright?", he looked at me confused, "ah Mr. Anderson, I was told that there was someone who would come in and tell you", I was confused, but he just did a check-up on me, and a few minutes later, Agent Ross came into the room, and if there was one person who could tell me about Kaleb, it was her.

"Agent Ross, I was waiting for you, where's Kaleb?", I asked impatiently shifting in my bed. She was looking at me with hurt in her eyes, "Jess I'm sorry", "sorry, sorry about what?", I asked, "I just want to know where Kaleb is", I said again. "Jess, I'm sorry Kaleb didn't make it, the bullet didn't hit his heart, but it did hit his aorta, and he died from blood loss, the doctors did everything to save him, but they couldn't". These words shattered me, my throat was starting close up again, "no, no stop fucking with me, tell me where he is right now or else someone is going to die", my voice was frantic, and my mind was all over the place, I tried to get up, but my feet buckled against me, now there were male nurses in the room trying to get me to calm down but I wouldn't, I was kicking and screaming, but that soon came to an end when, a needle stabbed into the skin on my neck, and I was starting to feel drowsy.

I had been sedated, and again, I woke up to a bright white light shining in my eyes, but this time sitting across from my bed was Agent Ross, reading something in a folder, "ah Ms. Cross, you're awake", she unfolded her legs, got up and started walking towards me. "Look Jess, I know this is hard to accept, but we are truly sorry we let it come this far", she said apologetically "sorry you let it get this far, you do know Kaleb's dead right?", those words did not sound right coming from my mouth and I hated it, but I had to say it to get something across to her. "Is Frisky and his men sitting tight in jail then?", even when I asked this question, there was still hurt in her eyes, "yes and no" was all she responded. "What do you mean, yes and no", I asked confused, "we did get Frisky's men, however we failed to catch Frisky". I looked up at the through her rimmed glasses and opened my mouth to speak, "you mean to tell me, Kaleb risked his life, and did all your dirty work and you didn't catch the main man?, so what he did, what he died for was nothing?", I yelled at her, she looked sorry, but I couldn't give a fuck about that right now. "Jess we will catch him, no matter what", she tried to reassure me, "listen Agent Ross", I began, "please call me Nadine", she insisted, "look, Nadine, Agent Ross whatever your name is, you better make sure you catch him, because if you don't, I will make your life a living hell", I said to her in a menacing tone.

She went over to a chair, where there was a box sitting on top of it and brought it over to me. "These were Mr. Andersons personal belongings, I thought you would like to have them", and with that she left. After she shut the door, I opened the box carefully, and started taking out his stuff. There was a chain, a book, his watch, and his wallet, I carefully put the other things down, except for his wallet and started going through it. There was cash, credit cards, a library card and ticket stubs, then I noticed a picture sticking out of the hidden compartment, I pulled it out and there we were. There was a picture set of three photos of me and Kaleb, we were smiling with our teeth showing in the first one, Kaleb was kissing my cheek in the second one, where I was playfully pushing his away, and the third was a picture of us kissing on the lips, a smile crept on my face, until I turned it around. 'Me and the love of my life, I hope I get to marry her one day and have lots of kids', and the date was written on the back, now that smile was accompanied by tears, a lot of tears.